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Islands in the stream? The challenges and resilience of the Danish industrial relations model in a liberalising world

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  • Bjarke Refslund
  • Ole Henning Sørensen

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Nordic industrial relations models have often been highlighted as being successful ‘highroads’ in advanced capitalism. However, the economic crisis has increased pressures to liberalise and deregulate labour markets. Although this challenges the Danish industrial relations model, there are several countermeasures, in particular strong unions and the supportive institutional context, which have prevented erosion indicating the resilience and adaptability of the model.

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  • Bjarke Refslund & Ole Henning Sørensen, 2016. "Islands in the stream? The challenges and resilience of the Danish industrial relations model in a liberalising world," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(5-6), pages 530-546, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:indrel:v:47:y:2016:i:5-6:p:530-546
    DOI: 10.1111/irj.12161
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